by Tanya Somanader | Mar 16, 2016 | Monitor
This morning, President Obama sent the following message to the White House email list, asking Americans to tune in at 11:00am ET when he will announce his Supreme Court nominee. Tune in here to watch his announcement in the Rose Garden. And if you didn't get the...
by Tanya Somanader | Mar 10, 2016 | Monitor
“We express our dismay at the unprecedented breach of norms by the Senate majority in refusing to consider a nomination for the Supreme Court made by a president with eleven months to serve in the position.” This week, scholars of American history wrote a...
by Tanya Somanader | Dec 22, 2015 | Monitor
“In America, we don’t have to simply accept things as they are. We have the power to change.” President Obama There was a time when many of our brave men and women could serve on the frontlines of war, could make the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their...
by Tanya Somanader | Dec 19, 2015 | Monitor
In this week's address, the President celebrated the end of the year tradition of list-making with a year-in-review list of his own. The President offered his roundup of the top 10 things that happened in 2015, all of which should make us optimistic about the...
by Tanya Somanader | Dec 5, 2015 | Monitor
On Sunday, December 6, at 8:00 pm ET, President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office about the steps our government is taking to fulfill his highest priority: keeping the American people safe. For seven years, I have confronted this evolving threat each...